Bottle.



No. 886,807. PATENTEDMAY@ 1908. N.V HOFFMANN & P. MLLER.

BOTTLE. APPLICATION lFILED JAN.,16. 1908.

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NICOLAS HOFFMANN AND FRANK MLLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NICOLAS HOFFMANN and FRANK MLLER, subjects ofv theKing of Hungary, residing at East Pittsburg, in the county of Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to bottles, and similar receptacles, and theprimary object of our invention is, to provide novel means forpreventing the refilling of a bottle.

A further obj ect of our invention is to break up the nefarious practiceof persons fraudulently refilling bottles that have contained popularbrands of merchandise, and then disposing of the same as the originalgoods.

I/Vith the above and other objects in view which will more readilyappear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, and then specifically pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a part ofthe body of the bottle in elevation, the valve being shown in the closedposition. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a portionl of our bottleillustrating the same in a tilted or open position, and Fig. 3 is asectional view of a portion of a bottle illustrating a modification ofour invention.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a bottle having a neck 2,which is bulged or fiared, as at 3, this bulged or flared portion of theneck terminating in a stopper collar 4.

Mounted in the flared portion 3 of the bottle neck is a tube 5 having-atapering end 6 fitting in the neck 2. This tube is provided with atransverse partition 7, with perforations 8 below said partition andperforations 9 above said partition. In the tube 5 below the partition 7is located a spherical body or closure 10 adapted to close the neck 2,when the bottle 1 is in an upright position. The tube 5 is retained inthe flared portion 3 of the bottle neck by a metallic invertedcone-shaped member 11 having a peripheral rib 12 adapted to engage in anannular groove 13 provided therefor in the stopper collar 4. The member11 is perforated as at 14, and is adapted to protrude into the upper endof Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 16, 1908.

Patented May 5, 1.908.

Serial No. 411,079.

the tube 5 and retain the same centrally of the flared portion 3 of thebottle neck.

An ordinary cork stotpper 15 can be used to close the upper end o thebottle, this cork stopper fitting in the collar 4. When the cork stopper15 is withdrawn and the'bottle inverted, the spherical body or closure10 moves downwardly in the tube 5 and is supported in said tube by thepartition 7. The contents of the bottle then passes through the neck 2,perforations 8 into the fiared portion 3 of the bottle neck, thenthrough the perforations 9, perforations 14 into the member 11 and outthrough the collar 4.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, we have illustrated a slight modification ofour invention, wherein the partition 7 of the tube 5 is provided with adepending pin 16, `and said tube is provided with a cup-shaped closure17, this closure fitting over the pin 16 when the bottle is inverted.The member 11 is prolonged whereby the same will engage the partition '7besides the upper edges of the tube 5.

The tube 5, member 11 and closure 10 are preferably constructed of metaland the l member 11 is made of resilient metal whereby it can be sprunginto position by the aid of a suitable instrument.

It is thought that our invention will be fully understood from theforegoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, and wereserve the right tomake such structural changes as are permissible bythe appended claims.

Having now described our invention what we claim as new, is

1. The combination with a bottle having a iiared or bulged neck, of aperforated tube mounted in the neck of said bottle, a transversepartition arranged in said tube, a closure mounted in said tube beneathsaid partition and adapted to normally close the neck of said bottle, aninverted cone-shaped perforated member fiXed in said neck for holdingthe upper end of said tube, and a stopper closing the upper end of saidneck, substantially as described.

2. The combination With a bottle having a flared or bulged neck, of atube mounted in said neck and having a partition intermediate its ends,the said tube having perforations above and below said partition, aclosure movable in the tube below said partition, and adapted tonormally close the neck of said bottle, and an inverted cone-shapedmember fixed in the bottle neck and extending into the upper end of saidtube for holding the latter 1n position.

3. A bottle of the kind described, comprising a neck portion bulge'dintermediate its ends, a perforated tube mounted in the bulged portionof the neck, a closure mounted Within said tube to move therein andnormally close the neck of the bottle, means for limiting the movementof the closure in the tube, and a perforated inverted cone-shaped membermounted in the bottle neck and extending into the upper end of said tubefor holding the latter in position in the bottle neck.

4. A bottle of the kind described comprising a neck bulged intermediateits ends, a perforated tube mounted in the bulged portion of the neckand having a tapered lower end resting on the inner Walls of the bottleneck, a closure mounted for movement in the tube and adapted to normallyclose the bottle neck; means arranged intermediate the ends of theperforated tube for limiting the movement of said closure; and aperforated inverted cone-shaped member ixed in the bottle neck near itsupper end and extending into the upper end of the tube for holding thelatter 1n position in the bottle neck.

In testimony whereof We a'l'lix our signatures in the presence of twoWitnesses.

` NICOLAS HOFFMANN.

FRANK MULLER. Witnesses:

A. H. RABsrUG, MAX H. SRoLovrrz.

